UFO ROUNDUP

Volume 5
Number 20
May 18, 2000

Editor: Joseph Trainor

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TWO NEW CHUPACABRA ATTACKS IN CHILE

Two new Chupacabra attacks were reported
last week in Chile. The attacks took place in farm
areas near the city of Concepcion, located 300
kilometers (180 miles) south of Santiago de Chile,
the national capital.

"Four hens died a strange death in a section of
Huertas Familiares in spite of the fact that the
henhouse was closed and the birds were found in
the backyard with mysterious incisions on their bodies."

"The Carabineros (Chile's national police--J.T.)
have blamed wild dogs as the culprits in this case."

The dead hens were discovered by Sta. Emilia
Parra Campos. "It was hardly the first time that
animals had died in the farmyard at Huertas Familiares,
in the vicinity of Coronel," a town 29 kilometers
(12 miles) south of Concepcion, "where she has lived
for 32 years. but the strange manner in which they were
found by landowner Pedro Contreras--outside of the
henhouse, scattered all over the backyard and
with sharp incisions in their bodies--leads them to believe
that something beyond the known was responsible."

"'Dogs rip their prey apart and pull the feathers off
chickens,' said Emilia, still fearful and trying to explain
that the henhouse door was locked and that the predator
had attacked only the 'mottled' variety of hen, leaving the
other six white hens alone."

"The penetration markes resembled those made by
an icepick, one per lesion with a slight tearing of
the capillaries..whatever animal that attacked must have
been large because some of the attacked chickens showed
(penetration) marks on both sides of the body. None of them
were attacked in the throat, although there were marks on the
wings, back and breast."

The attacks are believed to have taken place sometime
during the early morning hours of Sunday, May 7, 2000.

"At around 9 a.m.," on Sunday, May 7, Pedro Contreras
"went to the henhouse to feed his chickens, stumbling upon the
nightmarish scene."

"'It was either the Chupacabra or another strange creature,
because we have never had anything similar around here
before,' he said."

"According to the Carabineros in the town of Coronel,
who visited the site to investigate these claims, said the
culprits were wild dogs that prowl the farms adjacent to
urban areas."

The Carabineros "took the hens to the cuartel
(barracks) at Lagunillas."

"The police report--which is the same one used for
all the animal deaths--was reinforced by a neighbor, Salome
Salgado, who claimed to have seen a black dog at 7 a.m.
on the roof of the henhouse."

"However, Emilia Parra expressed her misgivings
that a dog could reach the top of the structure given the height
involved and the lack of any means to climb up there."

The other attack took place on Thursday, May 4, 2000
at a farm in Quillacoya, a section of Hualqui, a suburb of
Concepcion. Six sheep and one goat were killed in the
mysterious attack.

"A claim received at the Third Criminal Court of
Concepcion is a result of the strange death of seven
animals in Quillacoya...to open what will be the first
inquest into the controversy unleashed by the so-called
Chupacabras."

"The investigation was initiated by Judge Flora
Sepulveda, who immediately summoned the owner of
the animals and ordered the Department of Pathology
at the University of Concepcion to determine the cause
of the mass deaths."

"According to a report issued by the Carabineros
at the Quillacoya cuartel to the criminal court, Paula
Rodriguez Toledo reported last Thursday *May 4)
that six sheep and a goat on her property were found
exsanguinated (drained of blood--J.T.) after having been
bitten by another animal. Rodriguez thinks the sheep
and goat were attacked by wild dogs. The animals owners,
however, are not so sure since the strange event took
place during the early morning hours of may 4, when all
members of the family were asleep."

"'No one seems to have heard or seen anything,'
the Carabinero cuartel reported." (Muchas gracias a
Scott Corrales, autor de los libros Chupacabras and Other
Mysteries y Forbidden Mexico, y tambien Gloria Coluchi
para esas historias. See the newspapers Cronica of
Concepcion for May 8, 200 and Diario El Sur of
Concepcion for May 10, 2000.)

UFO AIMS BRIGHT LIGHT BEAM AT A MOTORIST IN ARGENTINA

"Once again, sightings of strange objects flying over the
area have been in the news" in Tandil, Argentina.

Tandil is a mid-sized city located 110 kilometers
(66 miles) northwest of Mar del Plata and 384 kilometers
(230 miles) south of Buenos Aires, the national capital.

"Several people claim to have seen powerful beams of
light last Tuesday," May 7, 2000, "with characteristics that
do not match any machines known to man."

"One of those persons is Hugo Macias, 60, who works for
La Capital newspaper in Mar del Plata for the past 37 years
and delivers newspapers every morning, traveling between
that community, Balcarcel and Tandil."

"'On Tuesday (May 7) at 5 a.m., as always.' he ex[;ains,
'I left the newspaper at the Policia Nacional (station) at Planta
Terrena, which is on the way to Puerta del Abra heading (east)
toward Mar del Plata. I traveled another 6,000 meters (6 kilometers
or about 4 miles--J.T.) and suddenly heard a very strange noise
approaching me from behind, and I found myself 'contained' within
a powerful bright light. I say 'contained' because the light
covered a diameter of 50 meters (165 feet) and penetrated all
sides of my vehicle. It seemed to pierce the rooftop."

"How long did this last? 'Seconds only, but it appeared
to be rather long.'"

"Were there any other vehicles on the road? 'None
whatsoever. During the remainder of the trip, I may have
passed two other cars. It was a light traffic day.'"

The Argentinian newspaper El Eco de Tandil questioned
Macias about the sighting.

Reporter: "So what happened later?"

Macias: "Well, I returned to Tandil and discussed the event
with a group of friends and with a gentleman who belongws to
the Army Command and to whom I bring the newspaper every
day. When I returned to Mar del Plata, I decided to stop at the
police station and see if the duty guard had seen anything
during the night. But he wasn't there. There was another one
who told me that there were five or six separate witnesses who
had seen the same thing."

"But the story doesn't end there," Macias added, "On the
same day, with a half-hour (time) difference, a similar case
hadbeen reported over Tandil. The gentleman from the Army
Command told me that there were guards on duty the very
same night I had my experience who witnessed a light in the
sky, with a very strange shape."

Reporter: "Are there objects commonly seen here?"

Macias: "On the way from Tandil, I made this comment
to Officer Lopez of El Dorado (a town on Camino Nacional 226
near Tandil--J.T.) who is knowledgeable about UFOs, and he
advised me as to why the (Argentinian) police avoid getting into
the subject."

According to Macias, Officer Lopez made the astounding
claim that "NASA can send an airplane with six scientists
anywhere in the world and carry with them an all-terrain
vehicle (ATV) in which they can visit locales in person. Many
lolcal residents don't like strange visitors there."

Macias: "My experience was lovely because what first
began as fear is now satisfaction at having been contacted by
something which researchers in the field would like to have seen
but never have."

"The power of the beam of light is not a power produced by
any luminous sourcee that we now have," Macias added, "At the
time I felt nothing at all, physically, but for the past five
days I have felt a headache, laryngitis and other symptoms.
Nothing like this has ever happened to me before. Nor did I ever
think it could happen to me. I'm just happy for the chance to
have lived through a spiritual experience like this one."
*See the newspaper El Eco de Tandil for May 9, 2000.
Muchas gracias a Scott Corrales, Gloria Coluchi y Mario
Robini para esta histopria.)

POPE REVEALS THE THIRD SECRET OF FATIMA

"The Vatican Saturday (May 13, 2000) which for
decades has kept this shring" at Cova da Iria, near Fatima,
Portugal "at the center of conspiracy theories and doomsday
cults, describing the secret as a vision of the 1981
assassination attempt on the pope."

"Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the Vatican secretary of
state, explained that the one concealed part of the (1917)
prophecies revealed to three Portuguese shepherd children
by an apparition of the Virgin in 1917 was a vision of an
attempt to kill a pope."

"'The bishop 'clothed in white' makes his way with great
effort towards the cross amid the corpses of those who were
martyred,' Soldan told 6,000 pilgrims gathered at the
sanctuary where (Pope) John Paul II had just beatified two of
the shepherd children, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, and
thanked the Virgin for saving his life on May 13, 1981."

"'He, too, falls to the ground, apparently dead,
under a burst of gunfire,' the cardinal said, describing
the vision."

Francisco and Jacinta are now on the fast track to
sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church. Two mircales
must be attributed to them before they can change their
title from Blessed to Saint.

"The announcement was an effort by the Vatican to put
an end to the kind of fevered speculation that has at times
overshadowed the shrine's spiritual importance to hundreds
of millions of Catholics. Versions of the secret, broadcast on
hundreds of Web sites (usually under headlines like 'Third
Secret Revealed!') range from worldwide nuclear
annihilation to deep rifts within the Roman Catholic
Church that lead to rival papcies" to an invasion by
aliens from space.

"Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman who shot the
pope in St. Peter's Square (in Rome) in 1981, told
prosecutors at this trial in 1985 that his attempt was
'connected to the third secret of the Madonna at
Fatima.'"

"Fatima fanatics have held hunger strikes--one even
hijacked a plane--to try to force the Vatican to disclose
the secret. During John Paul's visit to the shrine in 1982,
on the first anniversary of the assassination attempt by
Agca, a knife-wielding Spanish priest tried to kill the pope
but was wrestled to the ground by security officers."

"John Paul has always credited the Virgin of Fatima
with saving his life in 1981, when the assassination fell
on her feast day, May 13. After he first visited the shrine
in 1982 to give thanks for his survival, a bullet extracted
from his body was placed alongside diamonds in a gold
crown worn by a statue of the Virgin."

"In 1991, on the tenth anniversary of the assassination
attempt, he returned again to give thanks for his life
and as well as the recent collapse of Communism, a
fate that believers say the Virgin also predicted in 1917."

"'On this solem occasion of his visit to Fatima,
his holiness has directed me to make an announcement to
you,' Sodano said, adding that the pope 'wishes his pilgrimage
to be a renewed gesture of gratitude to Our Lady for her
protection his papacy. This protection seems also to be
linked to the so-called third part of the secret of Fatima.'"

"The cardinal said the secret in its entirety would soon be
published by the Vatigan 'after the preparation of an
appropriate commentary.'"
(Editor's Comment: Here's where the Vatican and I come to a
parting of the ways. I vividly remember the assassination
attempt in 1981, and the circumstances do not fit the 1917
prophecy. The Fatima kids' prophetic vision of a pope
forced to walk down a pathway with thousands of corpses
on either side is ominously similar to Padre Pio Forginone's
vision of 1970. Bothvisions refer to the "Good Pope"
or "the Pope of the Last Days" who will be murdered
by the Antichrist's one-world government in the future.)

"The pope Saturday referred to the prophecies, speaking
of 'Fatima, where these times of tribulation were foretold,'
but he made no mention of the 'third secret.' Instead, he
once again gave thanks 'for the goodness of God towards me,
when severely struck on May 13, 1981, I was rescued from
death.'"

"The pope, who turns 80 on Saturday (May 20)
met privately inside the basilica near the children's tombs
with the third surviving witness to the apparitions, Lucia
(Abobora) dos Santos, 93, a Carmeltie nun, who believers
say was the main recipient of prophecies from the Virgin
about 20th Century debacles."

"But it is the third secret, which legend says was
delivered to the Vatican in a sealed envelkope in 1943
and has been kept secret by all the popes who have
seen it, that has kept Fatima at the center of apocalyptic
fears nd controversy. Vatican officials did not say why
the secret was not revealed sooner."

"The fact that the pope put the two dead witnesses
to the Virgin's apparition on the path to sainthood Saturday
was another sign of his devotion to the cult of Fatima.
Francisco and Jacinta Marto are the first children ever
beatified by the Roman Catholic Church who were not
martyrs. Beatification if the penultimate step before
sainthood."

Unfortunately, no longer alive to witness the
ceremony is Francisco Marto's catechism teacher,
Sister Maria Annunciata of Aljustrel, Portugal, also
known as the "Accidental Seeress." Upon hearing of
the apparitions back in 1917, and aware of the nine-
year-old boy's penchant for mischief, she was very
skeptical. "Francisco Marto--a saint!?" she said, with
a laugh. "That will happen when they elect a Polack
the pope." (Nice prediction, Sister. You're a regular
Nostradamus--J.T.) (See the Duluth, Minn. News-Tribune
for May 14, 2000, "Vatican Reveals 'Third Secret' of Fatima,"
page 10A. Also La Republica of Rome, Italy for
May 14, 2000.)

TWO CROP CIRCLES APPEAR NEAR ZIERENBERG, GERMANY

Two crop circles appeared on May 1 and may 9 in
fields of oilseed rape near the small town of Zoerenberg,
near Kassel in Hessen state. Kassel is 150 kilometers
(90 miles) southwest of Berlin.

"Germany's first crop circle of the year and the
New Millenium appeared on monday, May 1, 2000 in
a field of oilseed rape at Aitenhasungen," near
Zierenberg.

"Bsically, it was a dumbbell shape and about 25
meters (83 feet) in length, with two different-sized circles,
one with a standing centre surrounded by a curved or
kinked pathm accompanied by two grapeshots, one
showing a single standing stalk in its centre."

"The lay was nice, and no muddy footprints or
crushing marks were present when the formation was
found at about 6 a.m. Later visitors to the field
caused much damage and left many muddy traces on
the flattened crop due to a very humid (damp) soil."

"Since 1998, the area around Zierenberg, near
Kassel, has become Germany's crop circle hotspot.
Each May 1 (Beltane), a new formation has been
found each year in this vicinity."

"Eight days later," on Tuesday, May 8, 2000,
"Klaus Listmann discovered a single circle of about
10 meters (33 feet) in diameter in a field of oilseed rape
at Gut Rangen, again near Zierenberg."

German cerealogist Wolfgang Ring "reported that it was
nearly impossible to enter the field without causing a track
by walking through the one-meter high rape that had grown
into each other, creating a non-walkable 'jungle.'
Neverthless, the circle itself showed no entry tracks.
Nor was it connected to any walkable path." (Vielen dank
zum Andreas Mueller von International Crop Circle Archive
for this report.)

HIGH-FLYING UFOs SPOTTED OVER DENVER, COLORADO

On Wednesday, May 10, 2000, at 9:40 p.m., the
witness, his wife and his brother-in-law "were standing
our apartment" near the intersection of 72nd and
Wadsworth Streets in Denver, the state capital of
Colorado, "when I noticed a 'star' moving very rapidly
across the sky in a northerly direction. While watching
this, we saw it pass another circular object that was
heding south. The second object disappeared over
our apartment building."

""In a few minutes, another object reappeared in a
northwesterly direction at first, but then changed to a
northeasterly direction. There appeared to be stars
that were moving. There were no trails, flashing lights or
sounds of any kind. I personally have never seen anything
that would explain what we saw."

"Because they were mere pinpoints of light, I have no
reference to estimate the altitude, but my guess is that they
were very high, far higher than commercial aircraft. But
this is only a guess." (Many thanks to Cliff Capers of
Skywatch International for this report.)

JESUS CHRIST APPEARS IN A KANSAS TOWN JUST BEFORE A BIG TORNADO

On Palm Sunday, April 16, 2000, an apparition of
Jesus Christ materialized at the fairgrounds in Parsons
(population 11,300), a small town in southeastern Kansas
about 55 miles (88 kilometers) northwest of Joplin,
Missouri.

Dozens of witnesses at a carnival (fun fair in UK--J.T.)
saw the apparition, described as "a figure with his arms
outstretched, wearing a long white robe."

A Polaroid photograph was taken, which shows
the glowing figure standing in a darkened parking lot
with carnival lights and amusement ride lights in the
background. The photo was published on page one of
the Parsons, Kans. Sun on Wednesday, April 19, 2000.

"Ann Charles, editor of the Parsons Sun, said the time-
lapse photograph...was delivered to her office a few moments
before the tornado struck."

"The people of this small Midwest town say Christ saved
them from a killer tornado--and they claim this amazing photo
proves they were granted a miracle."

"The twister (USA slang for tornado--J.T.) swept through
Parsons, Kansas on Palm Sunday, just two hours after the
picture was taken. More than 200 homes and buildings
were flattene, but only a handful of minor injuries
were reported, including a broken leg."

"Stunned survivors asked themselves, 'Why were our
lives spared?'"

"Then their local paper ran the photo three days
later--and the mystery was solved."

"'That's Jesus Christ,' said Parsons resident
Lanette Stice. 'You can see the rays of light going
across from the (carnival) rides, and then right smack
in the middle of it is Christ.'"

"'It means that God was there to protect us, and
that Jesus had his hand on our town,'" she added.

"Mayor Tom McLarty says he has no doubt that
the miraculous photo shows The Savior."

"'It doesn't take much imagination to see the
image with outstretched arms,' he says, 'And to think
the carnival was wiped off the map just a few hours
later.'" (See the Parsons, Kans. Sun for April 19,
2000. Also Sun: Unexplained Mysteries and Marvels
for Nay 23, 2000, page 34.)

UN AND REBELS SLUG IT OUT IN SIERRA LEONE

Heavy fighting continued last week in the west
African nation of Sierra Leone between United
Nations peacekeepers, also known as the "Blue
Helmets," and forces of the rebel Revolutionary
Untied Front (RUF).

From Saturday, May 6, to Monday, May 8, 2000,
RUF guerrillas and UN forces battled for control of
Masiaka, a town 72 kilometers (45 miles) east of
Freetown, the national capital.

"The (UN) peacekeeprs withdrew from Masiaka,
45 miles east of Freetown, after exchanging gunfire
with unknown attackers and running out of ammunition,
UN spokesman David Winhurst said."

"Hundreds of refugees from the Masiaka area had reached
the edge of Freetown by Tuesday afternoon, officials said."

Within the capital itself, rioting broke out on Monday
around the residence of Gen. Foday Sankoh, leader of the
RUF. When Blue Helmets failed to hold back the crowds
of rock-throwing demonstrators, Sankoh's guards "opened
fire on demonstrators. Thirteen civilians and six soldiers
were killed."

"The United States has saidthat the U.S. Air Force is
prepared to fly in a battalion of 700 to 800 peacekeepers
from Bangladesh."

""Late Monday, the United Nations began evacuating
some of its 266 non-essential civilian employees.
An additional 55 were staying in Freetown, UN officials
said."

French diplomat "Bernard Miyet, the head of UN
peacekeeping operations, arrived in Freetown and was
meeting UN soldiers and officials to assess the situation
and 'to demonstrate to the world...that we'rde determined
to put the peace process back on track,' Wimhurst said."

Throughout the week, troops from UN member nations
continued to reinforce the embattled United nations Mission
to Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL). A battalion from Jordan
arrived on Wednesday, may 10, 2000. "The Jordanians'
arrival increased the UN force to 9,000, although
500 remained hostages (P.O.W.s) of the rebels.
More troops from Jordan, India and Bangladesh are
expected eventually to bring the force to the total of
11,000 authrorized by the Security Council.

But the RUF has been recruiting, as well. The
number of rebel troops has now reached 15,000, up
50 percent from last week. The RUF is outfitting the
newcomers with weapons, uniforms and equipment
taken from its UN prisoners.

"Fred Eckhard, the spokesman for UN Secretary-
General Kofi Annan, said there were reports that RUF
troops were 'on the move' and UN personnel were
undertaking 'an emergency mission' to determine how many
civilians were fleeing towards Freetown."

Also on Wednesday, RUF soldiers "reportedly were in
Waterloo, about 18 miles (29 kilometers) south of
Freetown."

"'Waterloo is now the front line,' said Joseph Jalloh,,
an army commander" loyal to Sierra Leone's central government.
"He said the government expected an attack there by to forces of
the rebel RUF."

"'We hope it does not come to a pitched battle, but in
effect we are preparing for one,' said Eckhard."

On Thursday, May 11, RUF forces attacked Newtown,
just east of the capital. Firefights were reported on the
outskirts, and hundreds of civilians fled west.

Two permanent members of the Security Council,
Britain and Russia, committed military forces to the fight.

"Secretary-General Kofi Annan, speaking at a late-night
emergency meeting of the Security Council, welcome
the deployment of about 800 British troops as well as the
offers by West African countries to contribute extra forces--
including a possible rapid-reaction force that could take
on a combat role in enforcing the peace accord."

"Russia is considering sending 100 peacekeepers to
join the United nations mission in Sierra Leone, if the
plan is approved by President Vladimir Putin, the Defense
Ministry said Thursday."

All week British Westland helicopters "moved UN troops
to the front as they evacuated British citizens."

"On Thursday, Prime Minister Tony Blair said British
troops would have no combat role. But he added that they
migght remain here for as long as a month to help the United
Nations build up its force."

"At the United nations," in New York City, "Annan
said major nations with powerful militaries needed to
live up to their responsibilities in Sierra leone. 'The UN is as
strong as its member statesm' he told reporters as he entered
UN headquarters. 'I hope some of them will come to the
assistance of those who are in there doing the bidding of the
Security Council."

Many members of the USA Senate have criticized
Annan's intervention in Sierra leone. During hearings
this week, Sen. Rod GRams (Republican of Minnesota)
"called the UN force's performance in Sierra Leone 'a train
wreck.' He said, 'Peacekeepers cannot maintain security for
themselves, much less anybody else.'" (See USA Today for
May 10, 2000, ""Peacekeepers pull back after attack in Sierra
leone," page A10. Also the Duluth, Minn. News-Tribune for
May 13, 2000, "U.N. chief wants more U.S. military help;"
the St. Paul, Minn. Pioneer Press for may 13, 2000, "U.N.
chief laments limited U.S. role in African peacekeeping
efforts;" and "More troops arrive to protect Freetown
against rebels." Also USA Today for May 11, 2000,
"U.N. peackeepers prepare for 'pitched battle,"
and for May 12, 2000, "100 Russian troops may join U.N.
force in Sierra Leone.")

*Editor's Comment: Lest we forget, this war began when
the Security Council decided that it would no longer allow
the sovereignty of the UN member states ro stand in the way
of its "humanitarian" military operations. Don't think the
Security Council will limit itself to small countries
like Sierra Leone and Gambia. Blue Helmets could just as
easily occupy the USA's state of South Carolina, the UK's
Derbyshire, Russia's Crimea or Mexico's Yucatan.)

from the UFO Files...

1988: LONESOME HIGHWAY

For want of a better term, this phenomen could be called
a Highway Space Warp (HSW) experience. There's a case
now being investigated by ufologist Mike Harman which took
place in West Texas back in 1988. (The names have been
changed to protect the privacy of the witnesses--J.T.)

On December 22, 1998, Mark Hasbrouck, 30, a truck
driver from Wilmington, North Carolina, stopped his Peterbilt
rig at the USA/Mexico border in Nogales, Arizona.

"I was leaving Mexico with a load of broccoli, and I had
waited all day to get shaved ice blown into the truck
(trailer) in Nogales (Sonora state, Mexico). I went north
(on Interstate Highway I-19) and picked up (Interstate
Highway I-10 and began the easterly trek."

"I was stopped at the exit scale in Texas, as I had run out
of hours. (In the USA, truck drivers can only stay on the road
for a limited period of hours--J.T.) I was forced to shut down
for eight hours. It was 3:20 or so p.m. I logged that I had
left the road at 3:15 p.m. on December 22."

After pulling into a roadside truck stop, Mark let the
engine idle while he had a shower. Then he went to
the truck stop diner. Here he met a couple of eastbound
gearjammers (USA slang for truck drivers--J.T.) Since they
were all headed east, they decided to travel together as a
convoy.

The two drivers were Larry Greenwood, a man of African
ancestry from South Carolina, who used the nickname of
"Congaree" on the citizen's band (CB) radio. And 40-year-old
Zeke Matlich, who used the CB call sign of "Zero."

One after the other, the eighteen-wheelers pulled out of
the truck stop. With a roar, they headed east across the
night-clad "brush country" desert of western Texas. Mesquite
and sagebrush rolled away toward the black brooding
nountains on the southern horizon.

About an hour later, Mark head a static squeal on his
CB radio. Larry's voice came through. "Break for that
Jammer. Got your ears on, son?"

Mark plucked his microphone off the dashboard.
"Surely do, good buddy. That's a big ten-four."

"The cradle" was the middle position in the three-
truck convoy. "Affirmative, Congaree. If you get in
any trouble, give us a holler. Come back."

"Hammer down, Jammer. See you in Fort
Stockton. Ten-four."

Stepping down on the accelerator, Mark eased his
Peterbilt rig ahead of Larry's Ajax Transportation truck.
Once again, he pulled back into the lane between the
two and resumed the drive eastward.

"I was about a half-mile behind the first truck,"
Mark recalled. He could see Zeke's red tail lights
ahead of him, speeding down the deserted interstate
highway. They were speeding across the desolate
22-mile stretch of desert between Sierra Blanca and
Allamore. It was December 23, 1988, and it was precisely
1:10 a.m.

"Something strange happened to me. Zero went
over a hill in front of me. And I saw some
owls in the road. They were brown with large
luminous eyes. I remember thinking, What a strange
thing..."

No sooner had he lost sight of the first truck than Mark
hward Zeke's voice on the CB radio. "Breaker! Breaker!
Jammer! Where the hell are you!?"

Stunned, Mark stared out the windshield. Somehow
Larry had passed him on the highway. How could that be?
How could he have passed him in a truck of that size
and not been noticed?

Sure enough, Mark found the two truckers "both ahead
of me on the side of the road. I pulled over when I got to
them. They said it had been 30 minutes
ago when I last talked on the CB. I looked at my watch
and said that it was 1:16 a.m. And we checked (the dashboard
clock on) my truck, which was the same as my watch.
And we checked both of their watches and the clocks in
their trucks, and they were the same."

The strain was too much for Larry, who had been
looking out the windshield when he suddenly and inexplicably
lost sight of Mark's Peterbilt rig ahead of him. "The big guy
began screaming and crying, and he left in a hurry."

Mark and Zero drove on to Allamore, Texas. They
stopped at a truck stop cafe "and talked about it for quite
a while." Neither man could figure out the eerie time
discrepancy

Just then, Arla Seguin, the pretty dark-haired Latina
waitress, stopped at their table. "Hola, caminoneros!
Are you ready to order?"

Rapidly blinking in confusion, he replied, "I--I was
never in San Luis Potosi."

Arla smiled impishly. "You really know how to
fake the accent, then."

"I--I d-don't speak Spanish," Mark mumbled.

"Good buddy, what are you talking about?" Zero said.
"I just heard you chatting away with this here gal."

"I can't speak Spanish!" Mark gripped his friend's
forearm. "Listen to me. I never took the class in Spanish
in my life, so help me God! I don't know any Spanish-
speaking people." His eyes widened in terror. "Lord, what
happened to me out there!?" (Many thanks to Mike Harman
for this feature story.)

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